The June Babbler- Just finished. Some nice touches. I like the steersperson concept. The focus on intellect in what is otherwise a sword and sorcery environment was engaging. I wasn't convinced by the world building.Anybody else?

First off, let me start by saying that I don't really care for fantasy and never saw the appeal of steam punk, so the only reason I grudgingly checked this one out is for the sake of discussing it here.

Read it, and the sequel. Somewhat annoyed to have to wait for the third and one hopes concluding volume.I wasn't wild about this one, although I persisted and as noted, as is my general practice, read the second volume too. It was fairly ...read more

I liked this one quite a lot. I have read most of the Novik napoleonic era dragon books and enjoyed them, in their somewhat reminiscent of Patrick O'Brian mood. This one seemed to me to be original, and yet somewhat reminiscent of another of my ...read more

I think there is still material to discuss, right? even though we started a bit early late last year. I don't generally like steam punk much, but this is kind of an odd version of it - isn't steam punk usually land/atmosphere bound, a ...read more

Ive just been watching the trailer for Passengers and its really bugging me that Im sure I know the story from somewhere. Apart from the robot bartender who is a direct lift from Douglas Addams Starship Titanic the rest of the story is something Iv ...read more

In keeping with an annual tradition, I sent these out as an email to friends and family, and share them with you. These are read in 2016, not published. I had an excellent year in nonfiction, and a pretty good one in fiction. I'd love to hear ab ...read more